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ECHA publishes new guidance on Safety Data Sheets

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published new Guidance on the compilation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). The document is now available in the Guidance section of the ECHA website.
The aim of this guidance is to assist industry in determining which tasks and requirements have to be complied with in order to fulfill their obligations under Article 31 of REACH (Requirements for safety data sheets) and Annex II of REACH, particularly as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 453/2010. The amended Annex II requires alignment of the SDS with the applicable requirements arising from implementation of the changes in classification and labeling of substances and mixtures according to the CLP Regulation from 1 December 2010 and 1 June 2015 respectively.

This guidance provides information on:
• what is new in SDSs according to REACH by comparison with the previous legislation;

• issues to consider when compiling an SDS;

• details of the requirements for information to be included in each Section of an SDS, in particular detailing the changes arising from the revisions of Annex II of REACH;

• the timetables for implementation of Annex II and its amended Annexes;

• Who should compile the SDS and what competences the author should have

The Guidance is particularly useful to SMEs as well as other suppliers of substances and mixtures in the EU and EEA and will be published in 22 EU languages.

Further Information:

http://echa.europa.eu/news/na/201109/na_11_37_guidance_sds_en.asp